Special Warrant Authorizes $40.3B for Departments

Summary#

A Special warrant issued under Order in Council P.C. 2025-462 authorizes $40,343,209,650 to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, effective April 1, 2025. The funds are allocated across many federal departments and agencies for the period April 1, 2025 to May 15, 2025.

What it does#

• Authorizes federal payments totalling $40,343,209,650 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
• Makes those payments effective April 1, 2025 and covers amounts shown in the Gazette schedule up to May 15, 2025.
• Lists specific amounts for many departments and agencies. Examples include:
  • Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs — $6,712,428,234 (total of budgetary and non‑budgetary items).
  • Department of Indigenous Services — $6,257,916,341.
  • Department of National Defence — $4,511,034,415.
  • Department of Health — $3,358,888,144.
  • Treasury Board Secretariat — $1,100,200,396.
  • Canada Revenue Agency — $663,245,542.
• Covers dozens of other departments, agencies, Crown corporations and bodies with varying amounts listed in the schedule.

Who's affected#

• The federal departments and agencies named in the schedule, including Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, Department of Indigenous Services, Department of National Defence, Department of Health, and Canada Revenue Agency.
• People and organizations that receive services, transfers, salaries, contracts or benefits funded by those federal bodies — for example, program recipients, employees, contractors and institutions that depend on federal payments.
• The notice itself does not list specific individual programs or beneficiaries, so exactly who is affected beyond the named departments is not detailed in the Gazette entry.

Why it matters#

• It provides the government with money to carry out its listed activities for the first weeks of the fiscal period between April 1, 2025 and May 15, 2025, helping keep operations and payments flowing.
• For people who rely on federal services or payments, this kind of authorization helps avoid interruptions while funding is put in place.
• The Gazette lists the amounts by department but does not explain the detailed reasons for each allocation in this notice.